Cephalothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) in Iran with two new species and key to species Author Alavi, Jalil 0000-0001-7116-4051 Plant Protection Research Department, North Khorasan Agricultural and Natural Resources, Research and Education Center, AREEO, Bojnourd, Iran. j.alavi@areeo.ac.ir Author Minaei, Kambiz Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-03-11 4942 1 127 134 journal article 7662 10.11646/zootaxa.4942.1.7 7f1b74fb-18b4-4d88-bd9e-cddd52d09f07 1175-5326 4596240 8255652F-E478-453C-89ED-C8FD125927B1 Key to Cephalothrips species from Iran (females) 1. Eyes not prolonged posteriorly on ventral surface of head, posterior margin of eyes rounded ventrally ( Fig. 8 ); tube at most 1.3 times as long as lateral anal setae.................................................................... coxalis -. Eyes prolonged posteriorly on ventral surface of head, posterior margin of eyes pointed ventrally ( Figs 3 , 14 , 20 ); tube more than 1.3 times as long as lateral anal setae.................................................................. 2 2. Antennal segment III at least 2.5 times as long as wide; tergites II–VII with posteromarginal setae S1 and S2 expanded apically ( Fig. 24 )................................................................................... corona sp. n. -. Antennal segment III at most 2.2 times as long as wide; tergites II–VII with posteromarginal setae S1 pointed, S2 weakly blunt to knobbed apically ( Figs 5 , 16 ).......................................................................... 3 3. Body entirely brown; legs brown, tarsi and apices of tibiae yellow ( Fig. 1 )............................... monilicornis -. Body bicoloured, mainly brown with pterothorax and abdominal segments I–II or –III yellow to yellowish brown; legs yellow to yellowish brown, sometimes mid and hind tibia darker ( Figs 11, 12 )................................. bicolor sp. n.